 SHEREE FITCH
Place of birth: Ottawa, Ontario
Place of residence: Halifax, Nova Scotia
Sheree Fitch, poet, writer, and performer, is the author of several picture books. The
poetry in her first book was created long before it was published. When her first son was
born she began writing poems for him -- in a way, passing on the legacy of the love of
language which had been so important in her family home. A second son was born; she
attended university (receiving a B.A. from St. Thomas University in Fredericton, N.B.
and working on an M.A. at Acadia University in Wolfville, N.S.); and she began a busy
career performing her poems in schools throughout Atlantic Canada, before she was
persuaded to send her material to Doubleday Canada. With her writing and her
performances, Sheree Fitch aims to share her love of words with others so that they may
enjoy and cherish the gift of language as she does.
Awards
- 1987 Queen’s Fellowship
- 1990 Atlantic Provinces Booksellers’ Choice Award for Sleeping Dragons All
Around.
- 1992 Mr. Christie’s Book Award (for best English book age 8 and under) for
There Were Monkeys in My Kitchen!
- 1995 Ann Connor-Brimer Award for Mabel Murple.
Selected Bibliography
Books for Children
I Am Small. Illustrated by Kim LaFave. Toronto: Doubleday Canada, 1994.
32 p.: col. ill.; 22 cm.
ISBN 0385254555
Mabel Murple. Illustrated by Maryann Kovalski. Toronto: Doubleday Canada,
c1995.
24 p.: col. ill.; 21 cm.
ISBN 0385254806
Merry-Go-Day. Illustrated by Molly Bobak. Toronto: Doubleday Canada, 1991.
48 p.: col. ill.; 27 cm.
ISBN 0385252447
Sleeping Dragons All Around. Illustrated by Michele Nidenoff. Toronto:
Doubleday, 1991 (c1989).
32 p.: col. ill.; 28 cm.
ISBN 0385253982
There Were Monkeys in My Kitchen! Illustrated by Marc Mongeau. Toronto:
Doubleday, 1994 (c1992).
32 p.: col. ill.; 28 cm + 1 sound cassette.
ISBN 0385254709 (pbk.)
ISBN 0385255047 (sd. cassette)
ISBN 0385254962 (kit)
Toes in My Nose and Other Poems. Illustrated by Molly Bobak. Toronto:
Doubleday Canada, 1995 (1987).
47 p.: ill. (some col.); 21 cm + 1 sound cassette.
ISBN 0385253257 (book)
ISBN 0385255217 (set)
ISBN 0385255462 (sd. cassette)
Books for Adults
In This House Are Many Women. Fredericton, N.B.: Goose Lane, c1993.
121 p.; 18 cm.
ISBN 0864921640
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